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Why does sort say that ɛ = e?
sort
locale
unicode
asked Oct 26, 2018 at 16:32
unix.stackexchange.com
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Can the IPA represent all languages' tones?
ipa
list-of-languages
tone
asked Aug 13, 2019 at 0:54
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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What's the most space-efficient way to compress serialized Python data?
python
serialization
compression
pickle
asked Sep 18, 2019 at 0:14
stackoverflow.com
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Why can't rotations be represented by purely imaginary quaternions?
rotations
quaternions
geometric-algebras
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math.stackexchange.com
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Have we observed classes changing from open to closed, or vice versa?
language-change
parts-of-speech
asked Nov 26, 2017 at 21:17
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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Can "ee" appear in Latin?
morphologia
example-request
spelling
vowel
vocativus
asked Feb 20, 2019 at 5:21
latin.stackexchange.com
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Unary Enumeration
numbering
lists
enumerate
asked May 20, 2019 at 2:46
tex.stackexchange.com
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What was the sibilant in θάλασσα?
greek
pronunciation
alphabet
phonology
asked Nov 9, 2018 at 17:59
latin.stackexchange.com
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Which common nouns have a locative?
declinatio
case
locativus
asked Jun 21, 2017 at 16:54
latin.stackexchange.com
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How do I use gerundives of obligation for deponent verbs?
verbs
passive
gerundivum
deponent-verbs
asked Jan 25, 2017 at 16:42
latin.stackexchange.com
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Why did Old English lose both thorn and eth?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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Why do English transliterations of Arabic names have so many Qs in them?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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Is English tonal for some words, like "permit"?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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Is Sanskrit really the mother of all languages?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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In python, why does 0xbin() return False?
stackoverflow.com
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Were ancient languages as sophisticated as modern languages?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
60
The first Turing machine
cs.stackexchange.com
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Is it unusual that English uses possessive for past tense?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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What does a solid, 1 mile diameter subterranean glass sphere look like?
worldbuilding.stackexchange.com
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Days of the week in Yiddish -- why so similar to Germanic?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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How to explain a character's ability to communicate while traveling across a land of extremely fractured dialects?
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Human vs apes: What advantages do humans have over apes?
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Why isn't "I've" a proper response?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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Signed and unsigned numbers
cs.stackexchange.com
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Since when did Indo-European languages start associating noun genders with male/female sexes?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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How did שְׁלֹמֹה (shlomo) become Solomon?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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Is future tense in English really a myth?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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Are there modern languages without standardized spelling? If not, why?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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What does machine code actually look like while being run?
cs.stackexchange.com
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Is the Cyrillic letter 'Z' the same as the number 3
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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Are language and thought the same?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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Why are J, U, W considered part of the basic Latin Alphabet?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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Is Cola "probably the best-known" Latin word in the world? If not, which might it be?
latin.stackexchange.com
35
"Oh no!" in Latin
latin.stackexchange.com
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Do any languages use words like particles to represent commas, periods, hyphens, quotes, parentheses, etc.?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
34
Why does Latin have five different noun declensions?
latin.stackexchange.com
33
Why vowels sound different from each other
linguistics.stackexchange.com
33
Why do even completely illiterate persons, who speak their national language poorly, speak their local dialect with perfection?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
33
Why do most languages have a different form for singular vs plural nouns?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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Why do the Romance languages use definite articles, when Latin doesn't?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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